Match-lighter.



No. 760,491. 7 PATENTED MAY 24, 1904. P. J. A. SGHNOOR. MATCH LIGHTER.

APPLIUATION FILED OUT. 26, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Wiigesscs lg cglon UNITED STATES Patented may 24, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MATCH-LlGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,491, dated. May 24, 1904.

Application filed October 26, 1903.

ated manually to project or dischargea single match at a time and to ignite such match as the same is being discharged. l

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient device of this character by means of which the matches may be ignited and held in a convenient position forlighting purposes.

The invention consists in the constructionahd novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a match-lighter constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is an end View. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of thev discharge-tube and igniter.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The device comprises a match receptacle or magazine 5, preferably rectangular in shape,

' as shown, and formed of metal or other suit able material, said magazine being of suflicient width to accommodate a single layer of matches 7. provided with laterally-extending flanges 8, which form guides for a sliding cover 9, and secured to the bottom of said magazine in any suitable manner, as by clips 10, is a support- The mouth of the magazine is- Eenal No. 178,652. (No model.)

ing frame or stock 11. The frame or stock 11 is preferably formed of a single piece of wire provided with an offset portion 12 and an intermediate finger-engaging loop 13, the end of the wire being bent upwardly, as indicated at '14, and terminating in an eye or loop 15, as shown. A discharge-tube 16 projects from one end of the magazine at the bottom thereof and a guide-tube 17 from the op posite end of the magazine, said guide-tube being adapted to support a plunger 18, which reciprocates within the magazine and forces a single match at a time through the discharge-tube to the igniting-fingers 19. The ignitingdingers 19 may be secured to the discharge-tube in any suitable manner and have their end portions bent downwardly to form projecting points 20, which extend across the mouth of the discharge-tube and engage and ignite the match as the same is forced through said tube. The plunger 18 slides freely within the eye 15 and has its'rear end bent downwardly and curved to form a terminal finger engaging loop 21, preferably arranged in alinement with the loop 13, as shown. Secured to the plunger 18 at a point intermediate its ends is a guiding-bracket 22, the depending arms 23 of which extend one on each side of the stock or frame 11 and serve to prevent rotation of the plunger and also serve to prevent the rearward movement thereof by engagement with the eye or loop 15.

. lln practice the lid is removed and the magazine loaded with matches, each match having its head presented toward the discharge end of the tube, as shown. The device is then grasped in the hand with the index-finger engagingthe loop 13 and the thumb the termi nal loop of the plunger 18 and said plunger retracted, the rearward movement of the plunger causinga single match to drop to the bot tom of the magazine and in a position to be forcibly ejected through the discharge-tube. As the plunger is moved forward by exerting an inward pressure on the loops 13 and 21 the match is forced from the magazine through the discl1argetube, the igniting device scratching the head of the match in its passage therethrough and igniting the same, as clearly shownin Fig. 1 of the drawings. The bracket 22 serves to hold the finger-engaging loops in ahnement and also to limit the forward and rearward movement of said plunger by engagement with the eye 15 and the end of the guide-tube, respectively.

A match-igniter constructed in the manner described can be manufactured at a small cost and being light and portable may be readily carried from place to place and used for lighting matches in damp or moist places.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In combination, a frame provided with a terminal eye and an intermediate finger-engaging loop, a match-magazine carried by the frame, an igniting device, and a plunger slidably mounted in the terminal eye and arranged to reciprocate within the magazine, said plunger being also provided with a finger-engaging loop. I i

2. In combination, a match-magazine having a discharge-tube at one end thereof and a guide-tube at the other. a carrying-frame for said magazine provided with a terminal eye and an intermediate finger-engaging loop, a plunger also provided with a finger-engaging loop slidably mounted in the terminal eye of the frame and arranged to reciprocate within the magazine, igniting-fingers having terminal points extending across the mouth of the discharge-tube, and a guiding-bracket carried by the plunger and arranged to engage the terminal eye of'the frame for limiting the rearward movement of said plunger.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

PETER JACOB ADOLP SCHNOOR.

Witnesses:

C. J. VVOHLENBERG, G. H. Loor. 

